A world that promises hopes but hands disappointments, the story is an attempt to aware the audience for a growing problem in our society.

Director, Producer: Francesco Oldenbourg

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Cough Drop (15 minutes)

Ten-year-old Kate is has confusing parents; her self-absorbed father is charming and attractive and her anxious mother is loving and controlling. One day after school, Kate is asked by a strange man to take a ride with him. Encouraged by the unknown man’s kind words and easy manner as well as the excitement of doing something secret from her parents, Kate decides to make her first break from mom and dad’s guidance adn take a different route home.

Anna has constructed a world for herself, in which cicadas obey her signal to sing and her feelings lay suppressed under her tight grip. Her safety net unravels when Markos floats into her life. Their relationship is going to be put to the test during a trip to the seaside.

A woman who is frustrated with her marriage decides to leave her husband, a lawyer, following a traumatic attack on her. In the morning of his most important case, he finds himself alone with their physically and mentally disabled son. A Russian immigrant loses his job and has his car stolen on the same day. He has difficulty communicating with his teenage son, who ends up being coerced into committing a crime. A young woman accidentally finds herself in a difficult situation and faces a moral dilemma. An Arab man, whose daughter has been severely wounded in a car accident, deals with mental and financial difficulties in paying for medical treatment. 'Empathy' deals with the human trait of judging people without seeing the full picture.